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Man jailed in teen’s choking, shooting
North End shopping center to be site of both homes, retail. Chefs flip their best efforts on the grill for charitable cause.
A teen girl was choked
then shot at while driving away from a domestic incident Sunday in Morrow, police records show.
Her 19-year-old ex-boyfriend is being held in the Clayton County Jail.
Ameer Sayid Daniels was arrested Monday by the Clayton sheriff ’s office and is facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggra
assault by strangulation.
He was located along Bell Avenue in Atlanta inside an apartment, the sheriff ’s office said.
Shortly before 3 p.m. last Sunday, the 17-yearold victim went to Daniels’ home in the Woodstone Terrace apartment complex and “got into a heated argument” that turned physical, an incident report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution states.
According to the report, Daniels began to choke the victim and stated, “I’ll this (expletive)!” When walked
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Sandy Springs has approved zoning for a mixed-use development in the North End district that will bring new housing to an old shopping center.
Stream Realty Partners plans to redevelop North River Shopping Center within four to five years. Designs include 81 town homes and 242 apartment units in five stories above 52,000 square feet of retail space.
Stream Realty purchased the shopping center eight
“The Menu” — a satirical, black horror/comedy about the restaurant industry and the artifice of the foodie — might not seem like a great source of inspiration for a good cause. But for Billy Kramer, it helped give him the idea for the Burger Benefit.
“The Menu” (soft spoilers ahead) follows a group of wealthy diners who pay an inordinate amount of money for one night at a celebrity chef ’s (Ralph Fiennes) exclu- sive restaurant. The outlier among the patrons is Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy), a last-minute, non-upper class addition to the group who at the end of the day just wants a good old-fashioned cheeseburger.
In an interview with Rough Draft Atlanta, Kramer said he thought the movie did a good job of nailing down the different archetypes of diners
find in a restaurant of echelon. But at bottom, you’re not looking to impress the food influencers, the famous actors, or the food critics — you’re looking for the Margots.
“They just want [the food] to taste good,” Kramer said. “Margot is the person you cook for.”
From one movie, the idea for the Burger Benefit was born. On Sunday, May 7, at NFA Burger in Dunwoody, chefs and burger experts from around the country will deliver their own takes on
cheeseburger from “The Menu.” All the proceeds go toward Giving Kitchen, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that helps support food indus- try and hospitality work- ers in need.
“It’s a great organization,” Kramer said. “It’s restaurant people helping restaurant people.”
Kramer grew up steeped in a culture of giving back. His father was involved with the Two Ten Footwear Founda- tion while his mother helped years ago. Since then, it has never been more than 50% occupied, said Jessica Hill, the attorney representing the development firm.
The proposed retail and residential development marks the first mixed-use project in the neighborhood since Sandy Springs began to brainstorm on how to attract builders to the area in 2017. The city approved new North End zoning in 2021 to make redevelopment more attrac- tive to builders.
During a Tuesday meeting, CityCouncil approved rezon- ing from shopfront mixeduse to North End mixeduse for North River Shop- ping Center’s 13-acre site. The zoning district makes North River one of four shopout with local charities. When he first heard about “The Menu” on The Sporkful podcast, hosted by Dan Pashman, he started dreaming up the Burger Benefit.
Chef John Benhase, owner and partner at Starland Yard in Savannah, was featured on that podcast episode for his role as one of the chefs who helped advise “The Menu” production. Kramer reached out to Benhase and asked him if he wanted to come out to Atlanta to do a pop-up at NFA Burger. That idea expanded into the full- fledged Burger Benefit as a way to help Giving Kitchen.
“I fully believe that if you’ve had any success in the restaurant industry, the food service industry, that you owe it to give back to the community that has helped ping centers in the North End where developers can build apartments using wood instead of concrete and steel.
The rezoning requires 25% of the residential portion to be single-family unattached housing, which must be built before the apartment units are occupied.
In the weeks leading up to the City Council vote, resi- dents said the project was an opportunity for Sandy Springs to push for affordable workforce housing.
However, Stream Realty does not plan to set aside 10% of its units for affordable housing under a zoning incentive that would allow it to build a sixth floor of apartment units.
The firm’s attorneys say you become successful,” Kramer said.
Starting at 11 a.m., up to three chefs will take over the grill for one hour. That group of chefs will rotate each hour on the hour and prepare their own version of a classic burger. Guests will purchase tickets for their time slot of choice in advance, but the chef who will be making their burger will be a surprise.
Kramer said the bene- fit has 19 burger connoisseurs thus far, including Kramer and Benhase. Participants include George Motz, burger expert and author of “Hamburger America,” Walt Ehmer, CEO of Waffle House, and Jonathan and Justin Fox, of Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q.
Tickets, which went on sale April 14, cost $20 and the incentive is not required, and rent prices would be higher than projected if the builder was required to construct the apartments with concrete and steel.
“I hope that in the future developers start taking advantage of the height bonuses associated with incorporating workforce housing,” Councilwoman Melody Kelley said.
Stream Realty estimates the town homes will be priced at a minimum of $400,000 and apartment units at $2 per square foot (or $1,800 for a 900-square-foot apartment).
Town homes across the street from the site, which officials say is owned by a private equity firm, are rented for $3,300 a month.
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Kramer said he hopes to continue to host the Burger Benefit in various cities across the country. The goal for next year is to head to New York.
“The other cool thing about this event is we’re exposing the Giving Kitchen to parts of the country that have never heard of it,” Kramer said. “I think if we do this event well enough, we could help the Giving Kitchen grow across the country.”